Attachment for ink-receptacles.



J. MICHEL.

ATTACHMENT-FOR INK RECEPTACLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. HM 1914.

Patented June 29, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS Co PHOTO-L!THD.. WASHINGTON, n, a"

Wine SA JOHN MICHEL, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR INK-RE CEPTACLES.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN MICHEL, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Bronx, New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Ink-Receptacles, of which the following is aspecification.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple attachment for inkreceptacles such as the usual ink bottles in which ink is sold, andwhich constitutes a support for the usual penholder and pen wiper, andalso provides suitable connection with the stopper or closure of thereceptacle to prevent the stopper from being lost when the ink well isin use.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of anattachment preferably made of wire or some other spring-like materialand which can be readily applied to the neck of the ink receptacle toprovide a pen holder supporting member and a pen wiper supportingmember.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the attachment applied to an inkreceptacle; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken through theink receptacle adjacent the upper edge of the neck and showing theattachment in plan, the stopper or cork being shown in removed position,with the pen wiper and pen holder also removed from the attachment.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose an ink receptacle10 having the usual neck 11 normally closed by a stopper or cork 12.

The attachment consists, more particularly, of a neck-encircling member13 preferably formed of a single piece of springlike wire or the like,and which member 13 is adapted to encircle the neck 11 as shown, one endof the member being coiled to form a catch 14: adapted to be engaged bythe Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgd J 11 3 29, 1915,

Application filed March 10, 1914. Serial No. 823,770. 3

member 15, in which is carried a suitable pen wiper 16 which may consistof a sponge or the like. It will be apparent that in view of thespring-like action of the metal from which the member 13 is formed thesaid member 13 can be applied to the neck of bottles or receptacles ofslightly different sizes, and formed adjacent one of the ends of thesaid member 13 is an eye 17, the said eye being formed by looping thepiece of material at the said point. The eye17 has attached thereto acord 18 which has connection with the stopper 12 so that when thestopper is removed from the receptacle it will not become lost ormisplaced.

A pen holder supporting member 19 is supported on the neck-encirclingmember 13 and preferably consists of a single piece of spring-likematerial bent to provide a plurality of similar opposed spring-likeloops 20, between which the usual pen holder 21 is adapted to be placedso that the loops will grip the pen holder and support the same on thereceptacle, as shown.

It will be apparent that with a device of the character described thepen holder will be supported in spaced relation to the desk or tableupon which the receptacle stands so that the pen holder, particularlyimmediately after it has been used, will not mar or the ink thereonstain the table and at the same time the pen holder will be preventedfrom rolling, as would otherwise occur on a table or desk having aninclined face, when the pen holder is placed upon the inclined face.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the device is ofa simple con struction, can be cheaply manufactured and can be readilyapplied to ink receptacles to provide a pen wiper supporting member andsuitable connecting means whereby the usual cork for the ink receptaclewill be prevented from being lost or misplaced when the porting memberformed of a single piece of spring-like wire bent to providehorizontally extending portions forming similar opposed loops at one endand similar opposed loops at the other end, said loops engaging the penholder to secure the same encircling member, the similar opposed in ahorizontal position, with portions of, loopsat each end lying in thesame plane. 10

said loops extending transversely aeross the V W In testilnony whereof Iaffix my signature surface of the pen holder and curved to con inpresence of two Witnesses.

form to the curvature of the said surfaee JOHN MICHEL. of the penholder, the inner end of said pen a Witnesses: V holder supportingmember having connec-' BiGKHARD'r,

tion With and being supported by neck I V CHAS. ELGES.

Copies of this patent may beo'bta ined for five cents-each, byaddressing'the Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

